• The MyPillow CEO created the devices to be able to detect and identify Wi-Fi networks at polling stations

  • But Kentucky officials say they could violate state law and have banned their use

  • Lindell has been banned from X for spreading false claims about 2020 election fraud

  • Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    How can conservatives manage being both the joke, and the punchline while thinking anyone is going to take them seriously ever again?

    That entire political party is forever ruined. And it’s god damned hilarious how they did it.

  • JCreazy@midwest.social
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    9 months ago

    What do these Wi-Fi monitoring devices even look like? I can’t find a picture of one anywhere or any information about it. Mind you, I do not want to purchase one but I’m just curious about it.

  • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    ‘These devices appear to be nothing more sophisticated, or dangerous, than a simple cell phone, which also can detect a Wi-Fi signal,’ Michon Lindstrom, director of communications for Secretary of State Michael Adams, said in a statement to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

    If they have any sense, they’ll just make an app you can run on a phone.

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      9 months ago

      The worst part is they don’t even need to make an app. Dozens exist already. I’ve been using Fing for years to help troubleshoot at home.

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    9 months ago

    What a ridiculous idea. Proving that wifi exists in a polling station means nothing, and gathering the info from people’s phones is definitely a privacy violation in a vote setting. This psycho and his devices should not be allowed anywhere near where people vote in any state.